http://mashable.disqus.com/Internet and Technology News - Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. With more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web.enThu, 20 Dec 2007 15:06:42 -0000http://mashable.com/2006/11/29/google-answers-is-dead/#comment-5909430<p>"Don't forget to add Mashable to your friends on your favorite social sites:"</p><p>The idea of ‘pay for <a href="http://cuealertsnews.blogspot.com/2007/12/rissi-palmer.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://cuealertsnews.blogspot.com/2007/12/rissi-palmer.html"> rissi palmer</a> has never worked, I suspect google may be coming back with something more substantial as a response to Yahoo Answers which is not that good…but I’m biased</p><p>The only place ‘pay for answers’ seems to be working is some UK cell based service….don’t have URL for it…but on the UK service it is about getting a response while you are in physically constrained place and not in front of your computer…ie worth paying for. For example, you don’t dial 411 at home, but do when you are outside on your cell…same thing with answers.</p><p>Cheers.</p>rissi palmerThu, 20 Dec 2007 15:06:42 -0000http://mashable.com/2006/11/29/google-answers-is-dead/#comment-5909429<p>Google Answers is reborn! Just look,</p><p><a href="http://go.ogleanswers.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://go.ogleanswers.com/">http://go.ogleanswers.com/</a></p>XGAWed, 10 Jan 2007 01:38:50 -0000http://mashable.com/2006/11/29/google-answers-is-dead/#comment-5909428<p>The timing's interesting in that Yahoo Answers is being integrated into Yahoo Search. This adds a unique flavor to their search results. Could this help them in the search engine battle with Google? Perhaps Yahoo is moving towards social search while Google is going for full automation. I'd like to see Yahoo integrate <a href="http://del.icio.us" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a> with search. Either on the front end by tacking on popular or recently bookmarked URLs to the SERPs or on the back end by treating popular bookmarks as authoritative. Would be interesting to see how that sort of approach stacks up against the PageRank system of valuing links. What's a better indication of authority - a link or a bookmark?</p>Richard BallWed, 29 Nov 2006 23:41:15 -0000http://mashable.com/2006/11/29/google-answers-is-dead/#comment-5909427<p>The idea of ‘pay for answers’ has never worked, I suspect google may be coming back with something more substantial as a response to Yahoo Answers which is not that good…but I’m biased</p><p>The only place ‘pay for answers’ seems to be working is some UK cell based service….don’t have URL for it…but on the UK service it is about getting a response while you are in physically constrained place and not in front of your computer…ie worth paying for. For example, you don’t dial 411 at home, but do when you are outside on your cell…same thing with answers.</p><p>Cheers.</p>AmanuelWed, 29 Nov 2006 17:11:29 -0000http://mashable.com/2006/11/29/google-answers-is-dead/#comment-5909426<p>Ditto!</p><p>Horrible, horrible idea.</p><p>Everything they do - dare i say........robotic?</p>ankurWed, 29 Nov 2006 14:42:52 -0000http://mashable.com/2006/11/29/google-answers-is-dead/#comment-5909425<p>Pete, nice post. But like you say, Google doesn't always win!</p>DeltaWed, 29 Nov 2006 11:43:49 -0000